Best advice I can give is pay yourself first and start saving for emergency fund then investing. I like investing in dividend stocks to get growth and an income stream. I am sure you will get some other insights on some more aggressive techniques.
What is the recommendation for someone who is newly retired reference the market? CDs, etc. have effectively zero return. Seems like only game in town is stock market but do not want to ride down a 30%+ loss. Do you have stop-loss etc. on all your stocks? What about inflation - seems like...
Look at the webpage "Seeking Alpha". Series of articles on investing but skewed toward dividend growth investing. You need to define "safe". Only thing truly safe for $10k is a CD and that pays about zero - less than inflation.
I would open a Fidelity (or Vanguard, etc.) account so that you...
My dad is 95 and was living alone in Savannah - mom passed at 92. I am only child and brought him to live with us in NW GA. He has memory issues now - memory care assisted living is about $6000 per month. Like most of his generation (WW2 vet!) he was frugal and saved but that is pulling his...
I am approaching retirement. I have a mix of IRA, TSP, 401K. I am heavily weighted toward stocks - Index Funds plus stock chosen for dividends. I want to move some funds from stock to bonds or other "safer" investment.
I have started looking at Fixed Index Annuities for some of my investments -...